With there being no sign of any reconciliation between any of the political parties in Karnataka, the wait and watch game has begun all over again.

This time around both the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular have decided to listen to what JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda will decide.

Gowda was in Delhi for the past two days and it is learnt that he was unable to make any headway through discussions he held with some of the Congress leaders.

Sources say he was asked to discuss the issue with the Congress leaders back in Karnataka instead.

Some of the leaders in the JD-S circles see this is a snub on Gowda's face and feel that he was not given the importance that he was due in New Delhi.

Gowda is aware that his party's image has taken a beating after ditching the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Lingayat community in particular is unhappy with Gowda as he refused to hand over power to the BJP.

The Lingayat community felt betrayed that B S Yediyurappa of the BJP who is a Lingayat was not made the chief minister.

Gowda in Delhi, with a view of checkmating the BJP on the Lingayat card, told the Congress that he would support the Congress and form the government in Karnataka provided they made M V Rajashekharan the chief minister.